Considered "Canada's master bansuri flautist", Catherine Potter is a long-time disciple of Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, one of India's most respected musicians. She also trained in Western classical music, jazz, West-African and Balinese music. With a solid reputation as an inspired performer of North Indian classical music, she has performed extensively in Canada, USA and India, has been featured on Radio-Canada and CBC radio and television and has shared the stage with Hariprasad Chaurasia, Zakir Hussain. Catherine Potter's first CD, Bansuri, was recorded in Bombay with the excellent tabla-player, Kalinath Mishra and was released in Canada in 1997.

With a MA in Ethnomusicology from the Université de Montréal and a BFA in Jazz Studies from Concordia University, Catherine Potter contributes to a wide array of collaborations both in concert and on recordings. These include Simon Shaheen, Tasa, Ramasutra, John Gzwoski, Patrick Graham, Ravi Naimpally, Kiran Ahluwalia, Montreal Guitar Trio, Ganesh Anandan, Vineet Vyas, Nathalie Cora, Vinay Bhide, Philip Hornsey, Ziya Tabassian, Jorge Martinez, Lori Cullen, Adham Sheikh, Boubacar Diabate, Lilison di Kinara et Menaka Thakkar Dance Company, to name a few.